The primary responsibility of the Board of Directors is to provide general oversight of the management and administration of Inpixon’s affairs and to represent shareholders’ interests.
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Nadir Ali was elected CEO and a Director of the Company in September 2011. Prior thereto, from 2001, he served as President of Inpixon Consulting and its subsidiaries. As CEO of the Company, Mr. Ali is responsible for establishing the vision, strategic intent, and the operational aspects of Inpixon. He works with the Inpixon executive team to deliver both operational and strategic leadership and leverages his 15+ years of experience in the consulting and high tech industries. Prior to joining Inpixon, from 1998-2001, Mr. Ali was the co-founder and Managing Director of Tira Capital, an early stage technology fund. Immediately prior thereto, he served as Vice President of Strategic Planning for Isadra, Inc., an e-commerce software start-up. Mr. Ali led the company’s capital raising efforts and its eventual sale to VerticalNet. From 1995 through 1998, he was Vice President of Strategic Programs at Inpixon Information Systems (acquired by Vanstar Government Systems in 1997) a leading computer systems integrator. Mr. Ali played a key operations role and was responsible for implementing and managing the company’s $1 billion plus in multi-year contracts. He worked closely with the investment bankers on the sale of Inpixon Information Systems to Vanstar in 1997. This started Mr. Ali’s mergers and acquisitions work which was enhanced with additional M&A activity totaling $150 million, experiences still critical and relevant to Inpixon’s strategy today. His experience in Inpixon’s core government business, as well as extensive contacts and relationships in Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. were further considered by the Company in appointing Mr. Ali to the Board of Directors. From 1989 to 1994 he was a management consultant, first with Deloitte & Touche LLC in San Francisco and then independently. Mr. Ali received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989.
Chief Financial Officer and Director
A financial management leader with 20 years of experience, Ms. Loundermon entered Sysorex Government Services Inc. (now Inpixon) as Controller, and then became Director of Finance and HR. Ms. Loundermon attained Vice President of Finance in 2008, interim CFO in 2015, and then in 2019 became Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of Directors. Ms. Loundermon attended George Mason University where she earned a BS degree in Accounting and MS degree in Taxation.
Independent Director
Mr. Oppenheim has served as a director of the Company since July 29, 2011. Mr. Oppenheim retired from business in 2001 and has since been active as a private investor. From 1999 to 2001, he was a partner in Faxon Research, a company offering independent research to professional investors. From 1983 to 1999, Mr. Oppenheim was a principal in the Investment Banking and Institutional Sales division of Montgomery Securities. Prior to that, he was a practicing attorney. Mr. Oppenheim is a graduate of New York University Law School. Mr. Oppenheim served on the Board of Apricus Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: APRI), a publicly held bioscience company, from June 2005 to May 2014. Mr. Oppenheim’s public company board experience is essential to the Company.
Independent Director
Mr. Khader has served as a director of the Company since July 8, 2014. Since 2010, Mr. Khader has been the Executive Vice President of Systat Software Inc., a company offering scientific software products for statisticians and researchers. Prior thereto, he was Senior Vice President from 2008-2010, Vice President from 2004-2008, and General Manager from 2002-2004. Mr. Khader holds a BE in Engineering from Bangalore University and a degree in Business Administration from St. Joseph’s Commerce College. Mr. Khader’s extensive experience with software development, data analytics and strategic planning give him the qualifications and skills to serve as a director of our Company.
Independent Director
Mr. Irfan has served as a director of the Company since July 8, 2014. A solutions-oriented Business Strategist with 30+ years of leadership experience, Mr. Irfan has been Chicago-based CEO (Global Businesses) since 2013 of Cranes Software, a group of MNCs providing IT, Big-Data Analytics, Business Intelligence & Tech-Education services. A trusted strategic advisor to global institutions, Mr. Irfan previously served as Chief Strategy Officer for CSIL; a General Counsel for Schneider Electric (a Paris-based global leader in energy management); a Chief Counsel for Square D (US), and practiced IP law at two int’l. law firms in the US. He also advises global Corporates, NGOs, NPOs and Ed-Institutions on M&A strategies, CSG/SRI, Strategic Sustainability & Governance, Inter-Faith bridge-building, Diversity/Cultural Sensitivity, International Collaborations, and Industry-oriented Management/Leadership programs. A recipient of the US Department of Justice's 'Distinguished Community Leadership Award', Mr. Irfan has a B.S. in Electronics Engineering (Bangalore University), a M.S. in Computer Engineering (University of Illinois) and a J.D. from DePaul University (Chicago).
